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The thing is that our grid is not universally stressed all of the time. If you look here, you can see why the rolling blackouts are around 6pm - where everyone gets home and tries to cool their home. If EV's are charging during off-peak hours, that same grid that was stressed by 150MW of power...

Absolutely! It's a problem that's worth solving since it will drive innovation and jobs into loads of areas and sectors of the market that would otherwise be stagnant

Likewise 😘

Sounds great! They might make you put a shirt on under the overalls, though

Electrical Engineer here - millions of vehicles charging overnight, even tens of millions isn't that big of an issue. Especially as more homes get smart meters, the slow and steady draw of overnight charging to recoup one day's driving is far less than kicking your Air Conditioning, electric...

Probably the human element, then 🤷‍♂️

I hope this will be one of those that gets America's charging infrastructure off its ***. I love that the truck can adapt its range and charging advice based on your driving and towing, and it seems like a *great* option for fleets that do work around town.

Dude, every other thread on this forum has some inaccurate or blatantly false statement about MDS or eTorque to the effect of "it doesn't do anything". You can sum up forum members here in one of two camps. Either "I bought this truck because it's comfortable and advanced - I like not...

That looks absolutely normal. If *just* the driveshaft had that much play it would be bad, but you're looking at play in the diff and inside the transmission between gears.

It's because they still use port injection. Most newer engines use direct injection, which allows them to use a very small, precise amount of fuel delivered right to the combustion chamber, while older port injectors are difficult to characterize/ inaccurate at small duty cycle (like when you're...

Your new truck is likely heavier, especially with things like that panoramic sunroof and 33 gallon tank.

Running full E85 is a 15-27% hit to MPG - while E85 can vary wildly based on the station and region since it's really intended for Flex Fuel vehicles that can adapt, E10 and E15 are much more tightly regulated. Even if someone really screwed up and put E15 in the wrong pump, you'd proportionally...

If the previous owner towed a lot, it's likely due for a rear differential fluid change and an oil change

Look, real world, I get 17mpg on my stop and go commute running TopTier 89 Octane. If I didn't have eTorque and let my V8 idle at every single stop on my commute, there's no way I could get that MPG, period. My point is that a "lab" is saying eTorque is worth 2MPG, so where is he getting this...

It all comes down to how you drive. I have eTorque, and I'm saying it helps a lot if you have a stop and go commute with lots of what would be idling (as long as you don't drive like a moron). The numbers also reflect that. Do you even have an eTorque engine, or are you just confusing your...

Per the EPA, it's 2 MPG bump in the city so I'm not sure where you're pulling that number from... From FCA's own press releases, and it's repeated in 3rd party articles, the 'ol port injected Hemi uses 1.7 ounces of fuel during an average 90 second stop. Since port injection is pretty limited on...

I'm well aware - I'm also in Texas :)

E-Torque really really helps with start/ stop commutes like that. When I got a new job that was much closer, my old (non MDS, non e-torque) Hemi was getting 12 mpg with even my most gentle hypermiling. The new Ram gets about 17.5 mpg on the exact same commute. Granted, based on the picture you...

Farewell, Florida Man :sneaky:

Totally agreed. I'm a gearhead - I'll likely always have a gas burning race car in the stable - but at the end of the day it comes down to driving experience and cost of ownership. Something else that blows my mind is the noise level. Without a constantly vibrating engine, the only noise is...